Tops - Bury The Key

TOPS write timeless music that reliably threads immediacy and depth. 'Bury the Key' is a captivating reintroduction for the Montréal band: ever refined, undoubtedly masters of their melodic craft, yet unafraid of evolving and testingthemselves against different, at times darker tones. The album faces feelings once locked away, engaging the give-and-take between happiness,hedonism, and self-destruction. While often inhabited by fictional figures, their glowing,grooving, self-produced songs draw from personal observations: intimacy (both inside and outside theband), toxic behavior, drug use, and apocalyptic dread. When recording started, they noticed a shift and leaned in, jokingly dubbed "evil TOPS," says Penny. "We're always kind of seen as a soft band or like naive or friendly in a Canadian way, but we made it a challenge to really channel the world around us." Through the lens of a looming epochand the clarity that comes with age, TOPS dip into a more sinister disco realm with 'Bury the Key', giving their soft-focus sophisti-pop a sharpened edge.